Plane Crashes in Saltillo, Mexico in Heavy Fog; 8 Killed

A private plane crashed in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo during heavy fog on Saturday night, killing all eight people on board, the Associated Press reports.

Civil Protection official Francisco Contreras says the Hawker 800 luxury jet slammed into the roof of a warehouse as it approached the Saltillo airport in foggy conditions. It burst into flames, crashed into the ground and broke into pieces that scattered over 400 meters (437 yards).

"Visibility was 1/2 mile at Saltillo about an hour before the plane crash, when the airport stopped reporting for the night," said weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen. "The ceiling, or cloud base, was only 200 feet above the ground. It's likely the conditions were as bad or worse at the time of the crash."